TELEGRAM TO I. N. SMIRNOV[1]

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26. XII. 1919

SmirnovRevolutionary Military Council 5Omsk or present whereabouts

Reyour No. 4211: transfer not one hundred, but, two
hundred trains and locomotives. Rally all forces to
expedite coal and relieve the railway, as well as to guard
property against pilferage. Report fulfilment more frequently.

[1]Writtenin reply to I. N. Smirnov’s telegram addressed to Lenin
reporting on the progress of work for dispatching coal from
Kolchugino and the Kuznetsk Basin.

Leningave directives for the troops of the Red Army to guard
the property left by Kolchak’s retreating army at Omsk and
along the railway line to Irkutsk.